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Global marketplace for private health insurance :

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Global marketplace for private health insurance :

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strength in numbers /

editors, Alexander S. Preker, Peter Zweifel, and Onno P. Schellekens.

Washington, D.C. :

World Bank,

©2010.

1 online resource (xxxiv, 491 pages) :

illustrations

Health, nutrition, and population series

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : strength in numbers / Alexander S. Preker, Onno P. Schellekens, and Marianne Lindner -- Six regions, one story / Denis Drechsler and Johannes P. Jütting -- From theory to practice / Peter Zweifel -- Chile / Ricardo Bitrán and Rodrigo Muñoz -- Egypt / Heba Nassar and Sameh El-Saharty -- South Africa / Michael Thiede, Vimbayi Mutyambizi -- Thailand / Siripen Supakankunti -- Turkey / Anna Cederberg Heard and Ajay Mahal -- United States / M. Kate Bundorf and Mark V. Pauly -- China / Teh-Wei Hu and Xiao-hua Ying -- Brazil / Bernard F. Couttolenc and Alexandre C. Nicolella -- India / Peter A. Berman, Rajeev Ahuja, and Vijaysekar Kalavakonda -- Nigeria / Obinna Onwujekwe and Edit V. Velényi -- Slovenia / Maks Tajnikar and Petra Došenovič Bonča -- Republic of Korea / Kee Taig Jung.

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Financial protection against the cost of illness and inclusion of vulnerable groups - will require better mobilization and use of private means. Private voluntary health insurance already plays an important role in mobilizing additional resources to the health sector and protecting against the catastrophic cost of illness in some countries. This review explores the context under which private voluntary health insurance could contribute to an improvement in the sustainability of the health sector and financial protection in other countries.

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Global marketplace for private health insurance.

9780821375075

Health insurance-- Economic aspects-- Developing countries.

Global Health.

Health Expenditures.

Insurance, Health-- economics.

Models, Econometric.

Private Sector.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Insurance-- Health.

Health insurance-- Economic aspects.

Developing countries.

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BUS-- 033040

KFFN

Preker, Alexander S.,1951-

Schellekens, Onno P.,1964-

Zweifel, Peter.

World Bank.

20201206190957.0

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